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Reissue recordings with added tracks

I was curious what folks think about added tracks on reissue recordings.Most artists and/or producers go to great lengths to get the "flow" of the recording just right.Imagine,if you will,you've been listening to DSOTM and are really in the "zone".The closing notes are fading out then,BAM,you're hit with some outtake or other nonsense.IMHO,this would ruin the listening experience.I know why record companies do this and I know I don't have to buy the recordings,that's not the point of my post. I just want to hear other opinions on the artistic side of the equation.Let the debate begin!!!
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lindisfarne
511 posts
 
Timrhu-Right on, brother.
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rar1
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I always thought that the decision by the artist not to release demos and the like in the first place was probably the right one. I can not think of a single instance where it has helped a release and can think of several that it has harmed ... Bowie's Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, Rosanne Cash's Seven Year Ache, CSNY's First Album, and the list goes on. Take a buck off the price and spare me the mediocre stuff.

Rich
chashmal
605 posts
 
You can always push 'stop'
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chazro
635 posts
 
Feel the same way about 'Bonus tracks' as I do about posthumous releases. There's a reason Hendrix and Miles decided NOT to release a lot of their recordings, they weren't up to standards. If the original artist didn't approve of the release, I won't buy it!
slothman
311 posts
 
Another compelling reason for computer audio and playlists. I quite enjoy some of the outtakes - some great stuff for example on Clapton's '461 Ocean Boulevard' deluxe edition. Nice material to mix into a complilation playlist.

As a side, and perhaps deserving of its own thread, has anyone ever taken notice where a song was just finding it's groove on the fade out and you've remarked to yourself "damn, where were they going with that?". An example off the top of my head would be at the end of The James Gang's 'Walk Away'. It would be nice if they could add some of these unedited cuts that may have turned into some interesting extended jams.
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